They cracked the windows, letting the hot, smoggy, night air drift in, the heat causing their skin to prickle, the humidity making their lungs to gasp. If this was what we had been left then so be it. The neighbors had been starting to help each other setup solar charging points on the roof and balconies which should allow the most vulnerable along them in the building to keep their life saving equipment running through the night and run small fans for everyone during the day. They had it better than most. A stable job, though it paid far too little, at the RoboCorp factory and a roof over their heads that was owned by all the tenets outright, not some scumbag landlord.
A knock on the door startled them from their reverie...
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